Sioux Valley News Correctionville, Woodbury, Iowa January 13, 1898 IOWA STATE NEWS - James Lamon, a young farmer, saw a young lady on the streets of Burlington for the first time, fell desperately in love, followed her home. She called the police and now James has been assigned to duty on the stone pile while Cupid refuses to go on his bond. - Igna Blubaugh has returned to Melrose after an absence of eighteen years, during which time he was believed to have died. He was forced to establish his identity by means of a peculiar connection between two of his toes on one foot. - Mrs. Hamm and Mrs. Rapp have sued the Davenport Glucose company for damages in the sums of $17,000 and $10,000 for the deaths of their husbands that resulted from an explosion in the plant of the defendant company. - A bequest has been left for the establishment of a Woman's Christian association hospital at Council Bluffs. - Newton Baptists have been left a handsome legacy by Mrs. Sarah H. Webster, who died recently in Ohio. - Ex-Judge Evans, one of the oldest settlers at Ames and for many years prominent in that county, is dead. - Dr. W.C. Wheeler has been appointed a member of the board of pension examining surgeons at Leon. - Charles Barnerd of Springville had his collar bone broken by a horse that attacked him in the stall. - David Stack received serious if not fatal injuries by being thrown from his wagon at Burlington. - J.F. Seahill, John and William Ambrose, have been arrested at Jefferson on the charge of larceny. - Orlon Caldwell has been arrested at Boone on the charge of disposing of mortgaged property. - A.F. Mitchell, druggist, Marshalltown, has given a mortgage of $1,307.71 to secure creditors. - Joe Vannish of Iowa county has been held to the grand jury on the charge of criminal assault. - Mr. Ed Calloway has been arrested at Keokuk on the charge of passing counterfeit money. - It is said that the Musquawki Indians are having a profitable season in hunting and trapping. - It appears to be probable that W.E. Tucker will be the next postmaster at Mason City. - William Nolan and Peter Bensen, overcoat thieves, were fined $20 each at Estherville. - Charles Hofginger of Earling was seriously injured by falling into an elevator bin. - Gilbert Sheppard, an inmate, was found dead at the poor house of Pocahontas. - A New Sharon man has succeeded in preserving watermelons in perfect condition. - The Knights of the Globe is the last secret order to being business in the state. - The Colo Banner appeared last week, being the first paper ever published there. - Mrs. Thomas Sturgeon of Clarion fell on the icy sidewalk, breaking one of her legs. Cathy Joynt Labath Iowa Old Press http://www.IowaOldPress.com/